John Lennon 'killed for discovering truth about UFOs and aliens' – shock claim

On December 8, 1980 the British musician was shot dead by Mark David Chapman outside his residence in New York City, US.

Conspiracists have long claimed Chapman was in fact working for the US government – FBI documents released in 2010 suggested they tried to deport Lennon on a number of occasions for his music and influence.

But one element of his life continues to confuse the most scientific of supporters.

Six years before his death – on August 23, 1974 – Lennon claimed to have come face-to-face with a UFO.

Describing it from the rooftop of his New York apartment just after the incident, the 34-year-old said: “I saw a UFO and it went down the river, turned right at the United Nations, turned left and then down the river.

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MYSTERY: John Lennon claimed to have spotted a UFO flying past his New York apartment

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FRIENDS: May Pang was John Lennon's secretary when the incident occurred

“I saw a UFO and it went down the river”

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“It wasn’t a helicopter and it wasn’t a balloon. It was silent, it looked dark and had white lights.”

His secretary and lover at the time May Pang corroborated his story in her book Loving John, where she went on to explain it as a “large, circular object coming towards us.”

And – according to Pang – it wasn’t the first time the singer encountered extra-terrestrial beings.

In an interview with Larry Warren – from the Merseyside Anomalies Research Association – she said: “He [Lennon] told me that more than once he suspected he had been abducted as a child back in Liverpool.

“And he felt that experience was responsible for making him feel different from other people for the rest of his life.”

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STRANGE: Lennon's Walls and Bridges album depicts a UFO

The Beatles through the years

The Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr pictured in their heydays during the 1960's.

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The Beatles on stage at the London Palladium during a performance in front of 2, 000 screaming fans, 1963

The star’s obsession with UFOs continued after his experience and in his design for the Walls and Bridges album cover, an alien spacecraft is the focal point.

Soon after his completion of the album, Lennon reunited with former lover Yoko Ono and retired from the music business for more than five years.

And it is this that has captivated the minds of so many.

Almost as soon as Lennon returned from his hiatus – with new ideas and an album – he was killed.